VALLEJO — One of two men convicted in the 2008 gunshot slaying of young Fairfield City Councilman Matt Garcia was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison this morning.

Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert S. Bowers pronounced the sentence on Henry Don Williams, 33, after a number of people spoke. In addition to the prison sentence, he fined Williams $10,000 and ordered him to pay $20,000 in restitution to the city of Fairfield, the Garcia family and the state Victims Compensation Board.

Garcia, 22, was fatally shot the evening of Sept. 1, 2008, as he stood talking to a friend outside a home on Silverado Drive in Cordelia. Prosecutors say Williams, who was convicted of first-degree murder, was the triggerman and had fired thinking he was shooting at a drug dealer who had cheated co-defendant Gene Allen Combs, 46, on a $50 methamphetamine deal earlier in the day.

Family members including Garcia’s mother, father, stepfather, uncle and grandmother all gave brief comments during the sentencing, asking that Williams try to take some responsibility for the killing and describing the devastating sense of loss they felt when they received news that Garcia had been killed.

Garcia’s mother, Teresa Courtemanche, sobbed and said the killing had devastated the family.

“I will never know what my son would have accomplished,” she said. Then to Williams, she added, “You did not kill his spirit. You are not capable of doing that.”

She told Williams that it was people just like him that Garcia wanted to help.

Fairfield Mayor Harry Price also addressed the judge, saying, “Our city is not the same, nor will it ever be the same.”

Williams spoke briefly at the end of the sentencing and said he was not a “heartless” person. “I am deeply, deeply sorry for your loss,” he said.

Defendant Combs, who was tried separately from Williams, was slated for sentencing today, but his attorney asked for a delay because he is preparing a motion for new trial.

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